LAKE FOREST, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tenneco Inc. (NYSE:TEN) was named Diversity Supplier of the Year by FCA
US LLC during its annual Supplier of the Year awards ceremony held
Tuesday, May 2 at MotorCity Casino Hotel in Detroit, Michigan. FCA US
honored 16 North American supplier partners that have shown an
extraordinary commitment to innovation, quality, warranty, cost,
delivery and the FCA Foundational Principles.

Award recipients were determined based on an evaluation of each
company’s supplier scorecard performance in 2016 – a rating system that
evaluates supplier performance in areas such as quality, delivery, cost,
warranty and partnership – and input from FCA senior leadership.
Suppliers nominated themselves for the innovation, sustainability and
diversity award categories.

“We honor those who continue to fuel our momentum by providing us not
only the best ideas and cutting-edge technologies, but also the
suppliers who consistently exceed our expectations,” said Scott Thiele,
Chief Purchasing Officer, FCA – Global.

Tenneco is an $8.6 billion global manufacturing company with
headquarters in Lake Forest, Illinois and approximately 31,000 employees
worldwide.Tenneco is one of the world’s largest designers,
manufacturers and marketers of clean air and ride performance products
and systems for automotive and commercial vehicle original equipment
markets and the aftermarket.Tenneco’s principal brand names are
Monroe®, Walker®, XNOx® and Clevite®Elastomers.